Recent trends in recycling and reusing techniques of different plastic polymers and their composite materials

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, W Ahmed, H Arshad - Sustainable Materials and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rising environmental concerns caused by the excess use of synthetic materials have
diverted the world's attention towards sustainable materials along with a circular economy …

Recycling of wind turbine blades through modern recycling technologies: A road to zero waste

MY Khalid, ZU Arif, M Hossain, R Umer - Renewable Energy Focus, 2023 - Elsevier
Wind is a clean, efficient, fastest-growing, renewable energy source, which is extensively
applied for power generation. The expected design lifetime of a wind turbine lies between …

Revamping construction supply chain processes with circular economy strategies: A systematic literature review

Q Chen, H Feng, BG de Soto - Journal of cleaner production, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction sector has suffered from low productivity and considerable wastes due to
the fragmentation of its value chain, the large number of diverse stakeholders and the …

Life cycle cost assessment and multi-criteria decision analysis of environment-friendly building insulation materials-A review

J Zhao, S Li - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
The effective application of solid waste in building insulation materials is of great
significance to the global economic and social development, because energy shortages and …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping circular economy practices for steel, cement, glass, brick, insulation, and wood–A review for climate mitigation modeling

AT Lima, GM Kirkelund, Z Lu, R Mao, W Kunther… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Circular economy (CE) practices pave the way for the construction sector to become less
material-and carbon-intensive. However, for CE quantification by climate mitigation models …

Circular economy of construction and demolition wood waste—a theoretical framework approach

I Jahan, G Zhang, M Bhuiyan, S Navaratnam - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
A considerable amount of construction and demolition wood waste (CDWW) is generated,
mostly landfilled, contributing to severe environmental effects. The management of CDWW is …

[HTML][HTML] Turning waste into insulation–a new sustainable thermal insulation board based on wheat bran and banana peels

JAT Di Canto, WJ Malfait, J Wernery - Building and Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
As modern buildings are getting more and more energy efficient in their operation due to
improvements in the insulation envelope and building technology, the embodied emissions …

Effect of residual mortar on compressive properties of modeled recycled coarse aggregate concrete

D Lin, J Wu, P Yan, Y Chen - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on the typical morphology of recycled coarse aggregate in reality and the ontological
relationship of the existing recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) mesoscopic constituent …

Recycling waste wood in cement mortars towards the regeneration of sustainable environment

C Ince, S Tayançlı, S Derogar - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Significances of reducing the climate change through the mitigation of global warming
potentials are implicitly affiliated with the energy consumption, carbon dioxide emissions …

[HTML][HTML] A review on recycling technique and remanufacturing of the carbon fiber from the carbon fiber polymer composite: Processing, challenges, and state-of-arts

M Ateeq - Composites Part C: Open Access, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites (CFRPC) are commonly used in various
applications like sports, aviation, transportation, and the building sector. In particular …